offside roll, please repost.

squeakyknee · Post by **squeakyknee** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:16 pm

definately a big difference.

BTW, don't ya hate it when you are playin somewhere and get flipped, you roll up and the crowd cheers...
IT'S NOT A TRICK!!!! it's just a roll like in a kayak.
nobody cheers when a yaker pulls off a combat roll..
Bugs the crap out of me . I know that alot of openboaters don't roll, but come on...
Onthe Cheat I got so fed up that when I would roll in a feature and people would cheer I'd SCREAM at them"It's not a trick, it's a roll. ARGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! the trick was what I was doing BEFORE I got shaded!!"
I know, ranting right? still, if they want to see a real trickster then they should get on the river with Eli...

Post by **sbroam** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:22 pm

At this point, I will get any applause I can. The thing that frustrated me that evening is that I must have made it look hard to the beginners I was with as they are saying - "no, I don't want to try the roll this season -that's too much for me"

mshelton · Post by **mshelton** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 1:02 pm

Squeaky, you know you love it when you look so dreamy to all the old men when you roll that thing up.

It's the ember that warms your soul....

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:38 pm

The C-1 offside roll is just an outgrowth of the bowmans roll from a C-2. Some folks would have the bowman switch on the way over and then both would be on their on-side. Others would just have the bowman do a offside or bowmans roll.

RE: Back deck roll..Kent does a great version...The back deck roll was a roll Bob Robinson used a lot. I recall he flipped at 92 team trials in a very shallow eddy, did a back deck roll, pivoted out of the eddy toward the next gate...pretty impressive